1、课时作业(一)Unit 1Section Reading and Thinking.阅读理解AThe Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) fire was put out, but its spire (尖顶) and a large portion of its wooden roof were damaged. The terrible destruction causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world. “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the won
2、der anymore！”But the good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely through a video game called Assassins Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before
3、 the fire. Further, with virtual reality technology, which is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it were still there. Maybe digital technology could help to better protect the architectural cultural heritage.The idea of making digital models of ancient buil
4、dings to save their data dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then. By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one.
5、As computers and smartphones are hugely popular, the digital model has great useful value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural relics without touching them. The virtual tour of Mogao Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing n
6、ear them. Furthermore, it can make the digitized cultural relics more famous by spreading awareness of them via the Internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the World Expo in Hannover, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting the site in the following
7、 years. Above all, it preserves all the information of the cultural relics.Of course, however precise a model is, it is not the original. Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to preserve the architectural cultural heritage at the mom
8、ent.1What can we see about Notre Dame in the mentioned game?AThe big fire. BIts wooden shape.CIts original look. DIts present appearance.2What do engineers do to create digital copies of the ancient buildings?ABuild 3D models of full size.BMeasure all the parts exactly.CScan the photos of the buildi
9、ngsDImprove the technology needed.3How does the author prove the importance of the digital copy in protecting the cultural relics?ABy listing data.BBy making a comparison.CBy presenting findings.DBy giving examples.4What is the authors attitude towards the application of the digital technology?ANega
10、tive. BSupportive.CDoubtful. DCautious.BWhen it comes to the most influential painters of the United States in the 20th century, Grandma Moses should be mentioned, although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself, “I would never sit back in a rocki
11、ng chair, waiting for someone to help me. ” No one could have had a more active old age.She was born on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At 12 she left home and was in the domestic service sector until at 27 she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers.
12、They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then at Eagle Bridge in New York State. She had ten children, five of whom survived; her husband died in 1927.Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and she was really fond of embroidery (刺绣), but only changed to oils in old age because her h
13、ands became too stiff (僵硬的) to sew and she still wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who purchased all that she painted. Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and
14、 in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and lively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with an amazing sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, an
15、d then I paint it, ” she said.5What can we learn about Grandma Moses?AShe painted oils as a child.BHer marriage life was not happy.CShe stopped painting in her late seventies.DShe still led an active life when she was old.6What did Grandma Moses spend most of her life doing?AEmbroidering. BFarming.C
16、Nursing. DPainting.7What does the underlined word “portrayals” in the last paragraph mean?ADirections. BStages.CSurveys. DDescriptions.8Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?AGrandma Moses: the Best Woman PainterBGrandma Moses and Her Farm LifeCGrandma Moses and Her Exhibiti
17、onDGrandma Moses: a Famous Woman Painter of the 20th Century.完形填空I was born blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood, the one about a _1_ is my mothers favorite.I was only two years old when the _2_ occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and _3_ to speak
18、to the driver. I took advantage of my brief _4_ to dash across the lawn (草坪) and hit a large maple tree! I ran so fast that I bounced off the trunk and landed on my backside. Mom _5_ me to start crying, but I just sat there for a minute. Then I _6_ myself up and kept right on going.Mom loves to use
19、this story as a(n) _7_. It reminds her that children dont enter life _8_ to take risks or unwilling to _9_ again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that toughness as I grew older. When I _10_ my major life decisions, I was still that little girl running at full speed across the lawn. I
20、 studied abroad and later moved away from my parents home to look for a (n) _11_. Through years of _12_， I have become a respected teacher in a school.We are almost certain to get _13_ at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens, dont sit on the grass and _14_. Just get
21、 up and keep on going. It will all be worth it _15_.,1A.trip BraceCtree Ddriver2A.incident BchangeCdisaster Dtrouble3A.desired BdeclinedCattempted Dturned4A.delay BabsenceCfreedom Drest5A.promised BencouragedCallowed Dexpected6A.woke BpickedCwarmed Dbuilt7A.suggestion BexampleCexcuse Dorder8A.afraid
22、 BashamedCupset Deager9A.arise BshareCengage Dtry10A.regretted BreviewedCmade Dexplained11A.job BfriendCfortune Dapartment12A.training BeffortsCresearch Dexperiences13A.mixed up Bstressed outCknocked down Dsettled down14A.complain BrelaxCdream Dcry15A.all at once Bin the endCin any case Don the cont
23、rary课时作业(一).阅读理解A【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了如何运用数字技术来保护建筑文化遗产。1答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中的“In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire”可知，我们在这款游戏中可以看到巴黎圣母院原来的样子。故选C项。2答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据文章
24、第三段中的“By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one”可知，通过用激光扫描古建筑、用多重图像建立三维模型以及精确地测量每一件东西，工程师们可以制作出和真实的古建筑一样精确的复制品。故选B项。3答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据文章第四段中的“The virtual tour
25、 of Mogao Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this”和“In 2,000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the World Expo in Hannover”可知，作者分别举了莫高窟和长城的虚拟旅行的例子来说明数字拷贝在保护文化遗产方面的重要性。故选D项。4答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据文章最后一段中的“Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digit
26、al technology offers a practical way to preserve the architectural cultural heritage at the moment”可知，作者认为虽然在未来会有更完善的科技，但是目前来看数字技术提供了切实可行的方法来保护建筑文化遗产，由此可推断出作者是支持数字技术的应用的。故选B项。B【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了20世纪美国著名画家摩西奶奶的生平，以及她的作品和创作风格。5答案与解析：D细节理解题。根据第一段中的No one could have had a more active old age.可知，没有人的
27、晚年能过得比摩西奶奶更积极，由此可知，她老的时候仍然过着积极的生活。故选D。6答案与解析：B细节理解题。根据第二段中的They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then at Eagle Bridge in New York State.可知，他们一生的大部分时间都在务农。由此可知，摩西奶奶一生的大部分时间在务农，故选B。7答案与解析：D词义猜测题。根据画线词所在的句子Between the 1930s and her death, she produced some 2,000 pictures: careful and l
28、ively portrayals of the country life she had known for so long, with an amazing sense of color and form.可知，从20世纪30年代到她去世，她创作了大约2,000幅画，这些画是她所熟知很久的乡村生活的仔细而生动的描绘。由此可知，画线词是“描写，描绘”的意思，故选D。8答案与解析：D主旨大意题。通读全文可知，文章介绍的是20世纪美国著名的画家摩西奶奶，这是一篇人物传记类记叙文，文章标题要反应文章主旨，选项D符合题意。.完形填空【语篇解读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者天生失明，小时候有一次跑得太快撞
29、到了树上，但作者没有哭泣而是继续奔跑。这个故事告诉我们遇到困难时不要哭泣，而要继续前进。1答案与解析：C根据第二段内容和第三段中的“Mom loves to use this story as a (n) _7_”可知，在作者童年的所有故事中，母亲最喜欢的是关于一棵树的故事。2答案与解析：A根据下文讲述的作者撞到树上的事情可知，此处表示那件事发生在作者两岁时，故选A。incident“事件，事故”。3答案与解析：D此处指母亲把作者抱下车，转身和司机说话，故选D。4答案与解析：C作者利用母亲转头说话的这段时间，冲过草坪，然后撞到了一棵大枫树上。此处指作者被母亲从车上抱下来，可以短暂地自由活动了。
30、5答案与解析：D根据上文中的“I bounced off the trunk and landed on my backside”可知，作者撞上了树，屁股着地摔在了地上，因此母亲预料作者会哭。6答案与解析：B根据下文中的“kept right on going”可推断，此处指作者自己爬了起来。pick oneself up“(跌倒后)站起来”。7答案与解析：B下一句“It reminds her that children dont enter life _8_ to take risks or unwilling to _9_ again when they fall down”讲述的是这件
31、事的教育意义，因此这件事是母亲教育作者的例子。8答案与解析：A根据上文讲的作者撞了树之后并没有哭而是继续向前奔跑的故事可推断，此处指孩子在懵懂时不害怕冒险，也不会在摔倒后不乐意再次尝试。9答案与解析：D参见上题解析。10答案与解析：C根据语境可知，当作者做出重大的人生决定时，作者仍然是那个全速冲过草坪的小女孩。11答案与解析：A根据下文中的“I have become a respected teacher in a school”可知，此处表示作者搬出父母家去找工作，故选A。12答案与解析：B根据“I have become a respected teacher”可以推断出，作者通过自己多
32、年的努力成了一个受人尊敬的老师。13答案与解析：C根据下文中的“When that happens，dont sit on the grass”可知，我们在实现人生目标的过程中会被困难打倒。14答案与解析：D此处与上文中的“Mom _5_ me to start crying”呼应，指摔倒后哭泣。故选D。15答案与解析：B根据“Just get up and keep on going”可知，作者鼓励人们被困难打倒时继续前进。此处指通过不懈努力目标最终会实现，最后这都是值得的。all at once“突然”；in the end“最后，最终”；in any case“无论如何，不管怎样”；on the contrary“恰恰相反”。